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1 /*
2 * Copyright © 2011 Canonical Limited
4 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
7 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15 * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
17 * Author: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
20 #include "config.h"
23 /* gwakeup.c is special -- GIO and some test cases include it. As such,
24 * it cannot include other glib headers without triggering the single
25 * includes warnings. We have to manually include its dependencies here
26 * (and at all other use sites).
28 #ifdef GLIB_COMPILATION
29 #include "gtypes.h"
30 #include "gpoll.h"
31 #else
32 #include <glib.h>
33 #endif
35 #include "gwakeup.h"
37 /*< private >
38 * SECTION:gwakeup
39 * @title: GWakeup
40 * @short_description: portable cross-thread event signal mechanism
42 * #GWakeup is a simple and portable way of signaling events between
43 * different threads in a way that integrates nicely with g_poll().
44 * GLib uses it internally for cross-thread signalling in the
45 * implementation of #GMainContext and #GCancellable.
47 * You first create a #GWakeup with g_wakeup_new() and initialise a
48 * #GPollFD from it using g_wakeup_get_pollfd(). Polling on the created
49 * #GPollFD will block until g_wakeup_signal() is called, at which point
50 * it will immediately return. Future attempts to poll will continue to
51 * return until g_wakeup_acknowledge() is called. g_wakeup_free() is
52 * used to free a #GWakeup.
54 * On sufficiently modern Linux, this is implemented using eventfd. On
55 * Windows it is implemented using an event handle. On other systems it
56 * is implemented with a pair of pipes.
58 * Since: 2.30
59 **/
60 #ifdef _WIN32
62 #include <windows.h>
64 #ifdef GLIB_COMPILATION
65 #include "gmessages.h"
66 #include "giochannel.h"
67 #include "gwin32.h"
68 #endif
70 GWakeup *
71 g_wakeup_new (void)
73 HANDLE wakeup;
75 wakeup = CreateEvent (NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
77 if (wakeup == NULL)
78 g_error ("Cannot create event for GWakeup: %s",
79 g_win32_error_message (GetLastError ()));
81 return (GWakeup *) wakeup;
84 void
85 g_wakeup_get_pollfd (GWakeup *wakeup,
86 GPollFD *poll_fd)
88 poll_fd->fd = (gintptr) wakeup;
89 poll_fd->events = G_IO_IN;
92 void
93 g_wakeup_acknowledge (GWakeup *wakeup)
95 ResetEvent ((HANDLE) wakeup);
98 void
99 g_wakeup_signal (GWakeup *wakeup)
101 SetEvent ((HANDLE) wakeup);
104 void
105 g_wakeup_free (GWakeup *wakeup)
107 CloseHandle ((HANDLE) wakeup);
110 #else
112 #include "glib-unix.h"
113 #include <fcntl.h>
115 #if defined (HAVE_EVENTFD)
116 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
117 #endif
119 struct _GWakeup
121 gint fds[2];
125 * g_wakeup_new:
127 * Creates a new #GWakeup.
129 * You should use g_wakeup_free() to free it when you are done.
131 * Returns: a new #GWakeup
133 * Since: 2.30
135 GWakeup *
136 g_wakeup_new (void)
138 GError *error = NULL;
139 GWakeup *wakeup;
141 wakeup = g_slice_new (GWakeup);
143 /* try eventfd first, if we think we can */
144 #if defined (HAVE_EVENTFD)
145 #ifndef TEST_EVENTFD_FALLBACK
146 wakeup->fds[0] = eventfd (0, EFD_CLOEXEC | EFD_NONBLOCK);
147 #else
148 wakeup->fds[0] = -1;
149 #endif
151 if (wakeup->fds[0] != -1)
153 wakeup->fds[1] = -1;
154 return wakeup;
157 /* for any failure, try a pipe instead */
158 #endif
160 if (!g_unix_open_pipe (wakeup->fds, FD_CLOEXEC, &error))
161 g_error ("Creating pipes for GWakeup: %s", error->message);
163 if (!g_unix_set_fd_nonblocking (wakeup->fds[0], TRUE, &error) ||
164 !g_unix_set_fd_nonblocking (wakeup->fds[1], TRUE, &error))
165 g_error ("Set pipes non-blocking for GWakeup: %s", error->message);
167 return wakeup;
171 * g_wakeup_get_pollfd:
172 * @wakeup: a #GWakeup
173 * @poll_fd: a #GPollFD
175 * Prepares a @poll_fd such that polling on it will succeed when
176 * g_wakeup_signal() has been called on @wakeup.
178 * @poll_fd is valid until @wakeup is freed.
180 * Since: 2.30
182 void
183 g_wakeup_get_pollfd (GWakeup *wakeup,
184 GPollFD *poll_fd)
186 poll_fd->fd = wakeup->fds[0];
187 poll_fd->events = G_IO_IN;
191 * g_wakeup_acknowledge:
192 * @wakeup: a #GWakeup
194 * Acknowledges receipt of a wakeup signal on @wakeup.
196 * You must call this after @wakeup polls as ready. If not, it will
197 * continue to poll as ready until you do so.
199 * If you call this function and @wakeup is not signaled, nothing
200 * happens.
202 * Since: 2.30
204 void
205 g_wakeup_acknowledge (GWakeup *wakeup)
207 char buffer[16];
209 /* read until it is empty */
210 while (read (wakeup->fds[0], buffer, sizeof buffer) == sizeof buffer);
214 * g_wakeup_signal:
215 * @wakeup: a #GWakeup
217 * Signals @wakeup.
219 * Any future (or present) polling on the #GPollFD returned by
220 * g_wakeup_get_pollfd() will immediately succeed until such a time as
221 * g_wakeup_acknowledge() is called.
223 * This function is safe to call from a UNIX signal handler.
225 * Since: 2.30
227 void
228 g_wakeup_signal (GWakeup *wakeup)
230 int res;
232 if (wakeup->fds[1] == -1)
234 guint64 one = 1;
236 /* eventfd() case. It requires a 64-bit counter increment value to be
237 * written. */
239 res = write (wakeup->fds[0], &one, sizeof one);
240 while (G_UNLIKELY (res == -1 && errno == EINTR));
242 else
244 guint8 one = 1;
246 /* Non-eventfd() case. Only a single byte needs to be written, and it can
247 * have an arbitrary value. */
249 res = write (wakeup->fds[1], &one, sizeof one);
250 while (G_UNLIKELY (res == -1 && errno == EINTR));
255 * g_wakeup_free:
256 * @wakeup: a #GWakeup
258 * Frees @wakeup.
260 * You must not currently be polling on the #GPollFD returned by
261 * g_wakeup_get_pollfd(), or the result is undefined.
263 void
264 g_wakeup_free (GWakeup *wakeup)
266 close (wakeup->fds[0]);
268 if (wakeup->fds[1] != -1)
269 close (wakeup->fds[1]);
271 g_slice_free (GWakeup, wakeup);
274 #endif /* !_WIN32 */